He Started ICAN In SS3, Now Bags First Class At Age 20

Abdul-Azeez Adeniji, the 20-year-old, who emerged the best graduating student at the 2nd convocation of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, on Saturday 9/3/13. He wanted to become a chartered accountant as a secondary school boy. Adeniji shifted his ambition to Law after he obtained six distinctions and three Bs at the 2008 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

Though he scored 269 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 2008, his post-UTME score of 60 was not enough for him to secure admission to the University of Benin. He was later offered admission to study Economics at the Caleb University. Now, the graduate, who scored a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.75 out of a possible 5.0, to emerge the best, aspires to become a development Economist.

But despite this, Adeniji has not dropped his ambition to become a chartered accountant. And the 2008 graduate of Yaba College Staff Secondary School, Lagos, is on the way to becoming a chartered accountant and a development economist.

He had written and passed the Accounting Technician Scheme 1, 2 and 3 of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He had also written and passed the intermediate examination and professional examination one of the institute. He is just a stage away from becoming a chartered accountant.

“I started the ATS when I was in SS3. I’ve cleared all but the last stage of ICAN professional examination, which I will write in May. By the Grace of God, I will pass the exam,” the assertive and confident young man said.

Source: Punch Nigeria